I Read Comic Books

Kait and Kate join Mike on the show to discuss comic book and manga adaptations of Young-Adult prose books. What's good? What's not so good? Why read these adaptations?Continue readingEpisode 203 | Book Adaptations, YA Edition!

Tia, Kara, and Mike are joined by friend of the show, Chris Sebela! They chat about being an Eisner nominee, Chris' upcoming comics, his wonderful dog Zola, and making zines!Continue readingEpisode 202 | Special Guest: Chris Sebela!

This week, Kate and Paul jumped on the show with Mike to talk about why we buy comics and don't read them and how unshelving those comics is hard.Continue readingEpisode 201 | ‘Kate-senpai,’ that sounds right

This week's episode is JAM PACKED with content. Brian and Kait join Mike to talk about Free Comic Book Day, as well as discuss two interviews we did at C2E2 with Lucy Knisley & Box Brown. Continue readingEpisode 200 | FCBD + interviews with Lucy Knisley & Box Brown

This week, Nick and Kait join Mike to chat about our Goodreads Book of the Month: Animal Man Volume 1 by Grant Morrison, Chas Truog, Doug Hazlewood, and Tom Grummett.Continue readingEpisode 199 | Goodreads Book of the Month – Animal Man Volume 1

Mike and Nick sat down for a discussion about a volume they both hadn't read before this episode: Ice Cream Man Volume 1!Continue readingMinisode 24 | Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

Mike is joined by Nick and René to talk to a very special guest, David Pepose, writer and creator of the series Spencer & Locke for Action Lab Comics!Continue readingEpisode 198 | Special Guest: David Pepose

This week's episode is the first episode of the Book vs. Book series on our Patreon! For this episode, Brian and Paul picked two Girl Gang series: Heavy Vinyl and Assassinistas! Continue readingBook vs. Book 1 | Assassinistas vs Heavy Vinyl

While Mike was off on a secret mission, Paul held the reigns of this episode with Brian and Kara joining him for a wonderful conversation about comic book collectibles. Continue readingEpisode 197 | Two Phasmas ARE better than one!

This week’s episode was recorded on March 23rd and March 24th, 2019! This week, the ENTIRE IRCB crew hung out at C2E2 in Chicago, IL. Mike jumped on the microphone with Brian and Nick on Saturday to discuss the con so far, and on Sunday night with Tia, Paul, and Kara to reflect on C2E2 in general. No picks or comics read this week folks! Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Brian – @Brianhead Nick – @dethstarplnz Paul – @OhHiPaulie Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Kara – @KaraSzam

Paul and René join Mike to discuss the VASTNESS of space, the comic stories we tell in space, and why we love fiction that can only take place in the infinite void of outer space. Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:16:31 – Comic Picks 00:27:43 – Space Comics 01:05:29 – Wrap/Credits What We Read / Comic Picks: Hog Butcher Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #1 Justice League #19 Paper Girls #26 Kekkaishi Volume #23 Shaman King Volume #11 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Volumes #1-6 Farmhand #6 Criminal #3 Hell Warden Higuma Chapter #12 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Paul – @OhHiPaulie René – @Rodrigur29 Glasgow University Comic Reading Group – Ep#31 – Green Lanters’ Foreign Policy with Dr Ed Salo Our massive list of Space Comics Paul Kirby’s Cosmic Ideas: New Gods, Galactus, Eternals, etc. 2001 A Space Odyssey Jim Starlin’s Warlock Southern Cross by Becky Cloonan and Andy Belanger The Green Lantern Omega Men by Tom King & Barnaby Bagenda René The Green Lantern (Alan Scott) Green Lantern Ion:

Mike, Nick, and Kara are joined by friend of the show, Scott McGovern - a font of knowledge regarding the comics industry.Continue readingEpisode 194 | Comic Distribution with Scott McGovern

This week, Brian, Nick, and Kait sat down to discuss the myriad of digital platforms (that they know of!) for reading comics. From Comics to Manga to Motion Comics and more, this episode covers a whole lot of ground. Continue readingEpisode 193 | Reading 100 chapters of a manga in one day

This week’s episode was recorded on February 24th, 2019! This month’s book of the month is From Under Mountains by Marian Churchland, Claire Gibson, and Sloane Leong. Brian and Kara join Mike to discuss this comic as well as where X-Men babies come from…? Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:22:59 – Comic Picks 00:32:11 – Goodreads Book of the Month: From Under Mountains 01:04:54 – Wrap/Credits What We Read / ComicPicks: Wasted Space #1-7 Dennis the Menace in California Die #2 Age Of X-Man: The X-Tremists #1 Princeless Find Yourself #5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer #2 Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Kara – @KaraSzam Brian – @Brianhead Goodread BotM Thread

This week, Paul and Nick join Mike to discuss comic book impulse buys, the value of an original graphic novel, and how even after years of comic book reading, if the interior art doesn't match the cover art, we still get a little disappointed.Continue readingEpisode 191 | I don’t know what Hulkverines are and I’m too afraid too look

This week’s episode was recorded on February 10th, 2019. On IRCB this week, Kara and René join Mike in a joint discovery that we all should have had a full meal before we discussed this week’s topic: Food in Manga. In the recording process we all became very hungry for food in Manga and, well, to read manga. And everyone should wish Kara a Happy Birthday today!! AND the February 2019 zine is out today!! (PDF link) Timestamps 00:00:00 – Start/Last Week in Comics 00:10:36 – Comic Picks 00:26:13 – Food In Manga 00:57:25 – Wrap/Credits 00:59:15 – SeXXX-Men What We Read / Comic Picks: Rick & Morty #37-45 Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberley Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1-2 Age Of X-Man: Nextgen #1 Wonder Twins #1 Black Clover Chapter 192 Manga mentioned this episode: Delicious In Dungeon – Ryoko Kui Food Wars (Shokugeki no Soma) Drops of God Dragon Ball Z Naruto Assassination Classroom Dr. Stone Hikaru no Go One Piece Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Kara – @KaraSzam René – @Rodrigur29

On IRCB this week, Paul and Nick chat with Mike about the depiction of War in comics, a brief history on the topic, and some of the comics they believe depict was in a real, non-celebratory way. Mike also has a minor breakdown in the first half of the show regarding Age of X-Men. Continue readingEpisode 189 | War in Comics

This week's show is the annual hangout episode where some of the people of IRCB reflect back on the last year of the show. Mike is joined by Tia, Nick, Paul, and Kait to discuss everything about the last year, but also Harry Potter houses, astrological signs, love for our fans, the future of the zine, C2E2, and how much we enjoy each other. It's a big ol' love fest.Continue readingEpisode 188 | Annual #4: We did too much???

Kara and Tia join Mike this week for a true schooling on Nerd Fashion: what to wear to a con, how to express your nerdiness, what makeup is legit, and how accessories are the best way to subtly acknowledge that you're into a fandom.Continue readingEpisode 187 | Slutty for Comics

Kait and Kara join Mike this week to talk about income and poverty in comics; how income (or a lack of income) is portrayed, how it seems impossible for heroes to have a stable income, and just how do the X-Men have so much money?Continue readingEpisode 186 | Income and Poverty in Comics